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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Shuhei Kamano, Kanagawa, JP;
LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell including a first cell that stores data, and a second cell that stores complementary data that is complementary to the data; a redundant memory cell including a third cell that stores margined complementary data in which a margin is added to the complementary data, and a fourth cell that stores margined data in which a margin is added to the data; and a controller that causes the data and the margined complementary data to be compared and a test of the first cell to be executed, and the complementary data and the margined data to be compared and a test of the second cell to be executed.